78 ON AND OFF THe A VeNUe FE,MININE, FASHIONS ALL perspicacious young women are aware that there is a time to put aside foolish things and prepare themselves for more important ll1atters, like making their college en- trances look as well dressed as possible. And hardly a shop is now alive that is not equipped to cope with this annual reversal of form. Football, one of the most serious undertakings of the aca- demic year, was plainly in the mind of Saks Fifth A venue when it laid hands on a coat of horse-blanket woo] plaid (emerald, red, blue, black, and whIte) with a hidden, off-center closing that's managed by black buttons the size of flapjacks. There's no collar, but a long, matching scarf with plenty of black fringe handles that situation. NeIther this nor a coat-length Norfolk jacket of green or tan suède cloth with a lining of curly whIte fake lamb is intended solely for football, though. The two garments are $89.95 and $75, respec- tively. Navy suède cloth makes hip- length capes and above-knee culottes (these have a panel In front to suggest a skirt) that are lined with oyster-white cotton on which blue cockatoos and flowers are printed; this cotton also makes shirts that turn the sets into trilogies. Saks' inter- pretation of the current big, bulky, thigh-length (but neater than the Sloppy Joe) sweater is a pullover of orange wool knit with a vast Shocking-pink overcheck, and orange dnd Shocking-pink tassels to pro- vide extra ornament. ThIs goes over tapered trousers of Shock- ing-pink flannel. F or after skiing or for dormitory life, self-belted tunics of pale-pink blanket woo] in sum mer weight are added to narrow- cuffed slacks of oxford-gray flannel. Shorts of wool that is a meeting ground of checks" plaids, stripes, and Paisley print are the companIons of shirts of beige cotton hopsacking with button-down collars. that are theIr daytime accompaniment. Some of the dresses, of red basketwea ve wool, have a fold at the hips and a flare at the hem; theIr pullovers of the same stuff, are boxy jobs whose turnover col- lars partly frame plunging V necks. Sheaths and collarless overblouses, the latter mildly slashed on the chest, are of nubbly blond tweed. Some posh sep- arates from Germany (oatmeal in hue, and definitely for off the campus) are of a ribbed woo] knit that looks like ottoman-straIght or box-pleated skirts, surmounted by vests or by long-sleeved cardigans bound with unribbed wool knit to match the pullovers that helong to them. Next-to-weightless separates of brushed-wool-and-cotton began life in the Pyrenees, from which (up to now) only Basque sheepherders have been im- ported Loose jackets with wide turn- over collars, below-the-walst capes, tur- tleneck pullovers, and short and long skirts with vast patch pockets at the hips-that sort of thing, in solid red, charcoal, green, oatmeal, or blue, or in enormous black-and-white checks, or in plaids (green and blut:, rose and black, or plum and green). From Italy (join Lord & Taylor and see the world) corne hand-knit cardIgans, and skating caps that can be draped into cloches when it's tIme for the Dartmouth Winter Carni- val. These are of bulky gray-and-white wool flecked with orange, coral, lime, and rust. Hong Kong, we are told, is the source of lean hand-knit cable-stitch pullovers and cardigans wIth narrow shoulders, tapered sleeves, and only a sliver of ribbing at the cuffs and the hem; brown, red, moss green, and French blue are the colors. A number of slim or box-pleated skirts of worsted flannel (these are OccIdental) are in the same hues Also from theSt: United States come pullovers and cardigans of substantial camel-color cashmere with the softness and thickness of DevonshIre cream. The buttons on the cardigans are of abalone shell. T HE College Shop at Altman has piped aboard a troupe of water-re- pellent coverings. Ponchos of olive cot- ton corduroy, cut very square, have col- lars of black ribbed wool knIt, which also makes the long sleeves attached to their removable linings olive pop- -;"0., I ( ';" If: ,i ) , .:.--- ' t r2 I r, 'J , A!' 1 -\ - . . ) ,. ..J... .. . \ " '-- \-,. " : r -- --------- ;,; I ...... I r1 ",: ! ^ / \\' I - \l ,' \ \ .", , s: . ) , '.::::: "1' L' · <<' / If' ! 1/ t .. ' 0 1\ Lord & Taylor's cam- pus are two-piece outfits that will do for, among other thIngs, weekend trips. Sleeve- less, boat-neck dresses of thIs persuasion can be worn to par- ties solo or with the pullovers {: ,\: ::.:,.;.....;;J ,It .- ," -,' '" " -. ':; \ -'" s- -1 -.-.p ,-.,I". ,. ., \. "" " C I' J iÇ' \ ,- " "'- , , . tJ '.-., ".." '" \ ì . .-: ", ---- -"- \ ..-. $ " 1. --"" =---:: . A " \\- -.;:;,... AMt- ';. > ,J ,( \' t r .., "'- " "Un escargot, s'il vous plaît-un escargot szmplement pour regarder.))